ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The National Association of Medicaid Directors released a statement unanimously disapproving of the healthcare bill introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., The Hill reports.

The Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill, the recently proposed ACA repeal bill, would eliminate Medicaid expansion, premium tax credits, cost sharing reductions payments as well as individual and employers mandates and the Basic Health Program.

An article in boingboing, argued U.S. executives are turning away from the health insurance industry.

CMS is increasing Medicare payments for prostate HIFU ablation procedures performed in ASCs.

The following legislative changes or possible regulatory updates may impact various parts of the healthcare industry, including ASCs.

The White House and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., informed Senate Republicans they opposed a bipartisan bill which would have stabilized the ACA, Politico reports.

Pacific Standard ran an analysis of campaign donations to Senators using MapLight's donation tracker tool. These 10 senators received the most money from health insurance companies between Nov. 2010 and Nov. 2016.

Vincent Gamuzza, OD, a New Jersey-based optometrist, pled guilty to healthcare fraud in a federal court earlier this week, according to a Penn Live report. 

Oklahoma City-based Surgery Center of Oklahoma is partnering with health maintenance organization GlobalHealth, according to NewsOK.

The latest attempt to repeal the ACA, the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill, would drastically cut Medicaid, eliminate ACA-related subsidies and raise premiums for everyone purchasing coverage through exchanges, according to CNN.